The hack, which is less a hack and more social engineering, is basically a form of identity theft, with the attacker swapping a victim's sim card remotely, usually with the help of your cell phone ...

Traveling overseas is always an extremely expensive proposition, but this brilliant phone hack can save most travelers an ...

phishing and exchange hacks. When a hacker takes over a victim's phone number by deceiving or buying off a mobile carrier ...

[Jason Gin] wanted to reuse the SIM card that came with a ZTE WF721 wireless terminal he got from AT&T, but as he expected, it was locked to the device. Unfortunately, the terminal has no function ...

[Nils Pipenbrinck] has been working on a very interesting problem. The SIM card in your cellphone talks to the contactless near-field communication (NFC) chip through a cool protocol that we’d ...

Tucked into that story was a phrase I hadn't heard before, a type of hack I'd had to look up: SIM swapping. In a SIM swap, the hacker doesn't need to physically steal your SIM card — the thing ...

documents from those who purchase a SIM card. Police said not all POS handlers were cheats but there were many misusing their tools and cheating people. The eight arrested were allegedly operating ...